Some 'suggested settings' include threshold = 20, which almost entirely turns off AGC, except for a 'soft limiting' effect that kicks in on very loud signals. I certainly wouldn't do this in a contest, when, as the post indicates, one does not want to keep one's hand on the gain control. In fact, I wouldn't do this for almost any kind of operating.
Nevertheless, I think the wider range of threshold settings is useful.I have been setting it to 12, and in my noisy location I find this a big improvement over the default of 8. I only operated casually in the WPX, picking off needed band-countries by search-and-pounce. I probably would have reduced the threshold even further if I were spending hours running stations, to reduce fatigue. On 5/29/2012 5:26 AM, Robby.VY2SS wrote: > I had limited time available for the WPX and operated as VF2A. I loaded v4.51 > beta before the contest to try it out. I tried the settings mentioned above > before the contest. I cannot imagine using them. I cannot imagine spending > the entire contest with my hand on the gain controls to prevent serious ear > damage. I run my RF gain wide open. Always. I finally changed my settings to > the defaults in my owners manual. I contested with both hands on the > keyboard. I worked the weak stations with no difficulty and the strong ones > with no pain. I do not expect every improvement to be useful to me. Everyone > configures and uses their K3 differently. I am very impressed that Elecraft > is able (and willing) to keep improving our equipment. I have never > regretted buying anything from them. > > -Robby > VY2SS -- Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
